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Letter to the editor: Our city plans to allow major commercial development along the south waterfront and, in so doing, to increase its tax revenue.
But, to succeed commercially, the development would inevitably create far more road traffic than the existing roads to the waterfront can handle, causing serious congestion. Providing enough roads or public transportation to the area would cost far more than the city could gain from the increased tax revenue.
Which of the following, if added to the city's plan, would be most likely to help solve the problem the letter describes?
Funding construction of new roads to the waterfront with a system of tolls on the new roads to the waterfront
Allowing residential development along the waterfront so that there will be waterfront residents who can walk to the commercial development
Giving tax breaks to developers of businesses along the waterfront to offset any tax levied on them for construction of roads or public transportation
Evaluating the net benefits that the commercial development would bring to the city in terms of improved quality of life for the city's residents rather than in financial terms
Allowing commercial development in other city neighborhoods whose roads are not seriously congested with traffic
想要提高tax revenue, 然而commercial development会带来一些问题，进而导致cost↑
如何解决cost＞revenue的问题：提高revenue或减少cost
问题不是在于如何减少congestion
为解决拥堵而修路的cost >> 税收收入tax revenue，
如何改善这个问题？思路：
A选项（√）
Funding（拨款给） construction of new roads to the waterfront（修路） with a system of tolls（用￥过路费） on the new roads to the waterfront
通过对通往滨水区的新道路的收费系统￥，资助建设通往滨水区的新道路。→既可以减少拥堵，还能拿过路费tolls来补偿cost。（一箭双雕）
C选项（×）无关
Giving tax breaks （税收减免）to developers of businesses along the waterfront to offset any tax（抵税） levied on them for construction of roads or public transportation
为沿岸企业的开发商提供税收减免，以抵消对他们征收的道路或公共交通建设税。--不能解决拥堵，也没修路。
fund：拨款给；toll：(道路、桥梁的) 通行费；
B：还是不解决traffic high和congestion的问题
A new road 指修建新路缓解交通压力，E other city 超出讨论范围
过度脑补了第一条然后就排除了
B: 如何解决收益成本问题，而不是去解决congestion的问题.
修路是是题感的fact.路是一定要修的，即使旁边小区的人能走路来。其他人照样还是要开车来的which causes congestion.
题目关键：traffic cost > tax revenue
C的evaluate是方案有没有必要，如果大家违背了自己熟悉的规定，那方案也没必要了，但这里说的是方案有必要，但是会不会成功呢？就是E，这个newsletter大家会不会看。
新建商业区会带来额外的traffic，然而目前的道路系统无法处理增加的交通量。并且新增的道路系统的成本超过了商业区带来的额外税收。
choice a, 对新增的道路收过路费，用于这些道路的建设成本，correct
choice c, 对waterfront附近的开发商减免税的政策，来抵消因为建设交通系统对他们征收的税。irrelevant
toll通行费
错在没有仔细去读题整理argument
再做一遍的时候虽然没有去查toll的意思，但是通过相关性排除了剩下的选项
toll 收费站
gmat的CR题是不是特别喜欢提高tolls这类答案。。。prep2012的第一题也是，这两道我都错了，都栽在了过路费上。。。
hhhh, 好逗，我也是
握爪！于是我就记住了这种方案...
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方案：commercial development to ↑tax revenue
阻碍：traffic construction cost>tax revenue
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Those residents would still have to drive home and park, adding to traffic, and folks who live elsewhere would still have to drive there. It doesn't sound as if this would do much to solve the problem. This is incorrect.
Funding construction with a system of tolls 收过路费。。。不认识单词真可怕哎。。
老师，为什么B选项不可以呢？发展经济会导致交通堵塞，就要修路，矛盾点在于发展经济得到的税收不足以弥补修路的支出。B是说可以让居民住在附近，居民步行前往，那就不会导致交通堵塞了呀……为什么不对呢？
我觉得B的主要问题是与题目讨论无关，在建筑房子导致人们可以走路去，并不代表路的问题就可以解决，因为不住附近的人也可能会大量涌进来。这题应该主要关注路和钱两方面
我认为这题讨论的bug点在于Providing enough roads or public transportation to the area would cost far more than the city could gain from the increased tax revenue.如何解决收益成本问题，而不是去解决congestion的问题；
我开始也是这么想的。但是后来我就想偏了，觉得如果居民可以步行去 waterfront，那么压根就不会用拥堵，也不会修路，也不用有额外支出。
修路是题干的fact，you cannot question a fact！===== to succeed commercially, the development would inevitably create far more road
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tolls 通行费
对啦